Broadway went bananas during Christmas week.
Total tickets sold were at a stunning $45 million, up dramatically from $33 million before Christmas.
Several shows broke house records including “Six” and “Gutenberg.”
“The Lion King” and “Wicked” cracked the $4 million mark each for one week’s run.
“MJ,” “Hamilton, “Back to the Future,” and “Sweeney Todd” were well over $2 million each.
Even shows that you thought everyone had seen were full. “Chicago” did twice its normal business at $1.4 million.
The only two laggards really were Barry Manilow’s “Harmony” and Neil Diamond’s “A Beautiful Noise.” It’s hard to imagine that either will it through January but we’ll see. “Shucked” got a nice jolt from the holiday as did “Kimnerly Akimbo.”
Even plays were full, like “Appropriate” with Sarah Paulson and “I Did That” with Danny DeVito.
Now comes long, gloomy January and February, although a ton of shows will open for this Tony season, more than in several years, so hang on.
Broadway always rebounds. Max Bialystock would be so proud!
PS Go see “Spamalot.” It’s hilarious — maybe even better than the first one. And also, Sutton Foster and Aaron Tveit are coming to take over “Sweeney Todd” later this month. Not to be missed!
